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TikTok sensation debuts massive NYC replica #shorts
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February 11, 2026
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0:34Now PlayingAmerica’s next top model is now on full display.
An upstate truck driver-turned-TikTok sensation unveiled his gargantuan wooden model of New York City at a new exhibition Monday in what serves as the replica’s museum debut.
After amassing millions of views on TikTok at the behest of his Gen Z daughter, Joe Macken’s passion project has landed its own museum show — dubbed “He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model” — running at the Museum of the City of New York from Wednesday through the summer.
#tiktok #nyc
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